Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. Staples
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided March 1, 2011No. 06-10-00119-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.
A well known Aesop’s fable 1 tells of a shepherd boy who repeatedly cries “wolf’ to amuse himself at the expense of the nearby villagers, who faithfully run to his aid many times and each time find that his alarm is false. In the tale, when the wolf actually does start eating the boy’s sheep, the villagers, having grown tired of the boy’s game, fail to respond to his one truthful cry.
Michael Kennedy has, for decades, been a prolific 2 “writ writer” and a Texas prison inmate.
Kennedy appeals the latest ruling on one of his filings, the dismissal by the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Forrester v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Cardenas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp. v. Nortex Oil & Gas Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1968
- Eichelberger v. EichelbergerTexas Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Hooker v. HaslamTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- Joshua Luttrell, Andrew Davis, Moises Roman, Joe Rodriguez And on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. El Paso County, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2018
- John Wayne Charleston v. Clint Allen, Criminal District Attorney of Cass County, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012
- John E. Rodarte v. Beneficial Texas, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2015
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